Pond Fishing

[drew03cmc]

When you guys get on a pond from some sort of paddle craft, what tackle do you use for bass? Rod length, power, reel, line, lures, etc. I am curious if everyone has the same approach or if there is a great variance,

[BilletHead]

Well the Mrs. and I have not taken anything but fly gear and our kayaks to ponds for at least the last five years. We use our five to eight weights. Average two trips a week all summer. Streamers and poppers mostly we throw.

BilletHead

[jpb2187]

Can't go wrong with a smoke grub on a 1/8oz roundball jig head, topwater popper, buzzbait, and tx rigged worm or tube, maybe throw in a squarebill crankbait and a spinnerbait and you pretty much have any situation covered,. I typically fish 8-12lb mono based on the kind of cover on the pond. I prefer baitcasting gear just as a personal preference but spinning is totally ok. Most my rods are like a 6'6" m-mh. If there are a bunch of lily pads or matted grass, a frog is pretty fun as well. You will need to switch over to at least 30lb braid if you are doing that.

[Al Agnew]

Ponds tend to be gunky with algae and aquatic plants, so I don't usually use crankbaits unless it's a shallow runner. Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and topwaters will all work well, and if it's somewhat gunky a soft jerkbait can be great. I just use the same baitcast tackle I use on rivers. If it's a little less gunky you can't go wrong with the ol' plastic worm, texas rigged.

[Old plug]

you got it wright I believe Al. the all around top lure is a buzz bait on ponds for me. Anything that weights anything id going to wind up in the weeds and moss.there are exceptions to this strip pits like they have in central IL. Use the worm with no more weight than is on than that of the hook. Learn to work it very slowly. Thee rod and reel do not that much. whatever your comfortable with. you do not need any heavy gear 10 or 12 lb test will be fine. There os something more important than you. tackle around ponds. you. ned to approach them with stealth. and if you think there is a bas somewhere close to the bank. stay back about 10 ft and make your cast. believe it not they can detect you walking around up there.

al i wonder if you ever fished in any of those small lakes up by Leasburg. there was up there was about 30 acres. It belonged ot a old lady and her husband. they escaped Germany shortly before WW2

[drew03cmc]

The primary idea here was a pair of local lakes from 7-100 acres.

[Guest]

Chrome rattle traps, wake baits, Texas rig trick worm.

[Kayser]

Texas rigged worm, tubes, craws. Buzzbaits, spinner baits, smaller swimbaits, poppers, etc. If it's a clean bank or very little algae, shallow cranks are killer. In the early spring, beetlespins fished slow in the shallows.

[fishinwrench]

#2-#3 Mepp's Aglia (waked).

3/16oz. Texas rigged lizard (black).

5/16oz. Brown jig-n-craw (or #11 pork frog).

1/8oz. 3" Curly tailed grub (white).

Rapala floating minnow (fished as a top water twitch-bait).

1/4oz. Pop-R.

1/4oz. Black buzzbait.

2 rods- 6' med-lt. Spinning rod w/8# line.

6.5' med pitchin' stick w/14# line.

OR: a 8 wt. flyrod, and a box of poppers/sliders/ and muddlers.

[Flysmallie]

#2-#3 Mepp's Aglia (waked).

This. Best pond lure ever created.